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Huge drive: the 2018 Masters attracted 40% more punters to pubs than the 2017 tournament

The Masters attracts almost 1m people to the pub

By Stuart Stone

According to Ipsos MORI, 907,000 people watched Patrick Reed claim his first green jacket at Augusta, ahead of fellow Americans Ricky Fowler and Jordan Spieth between 5 and 8 April, in the pub.

History makers? Tiger Woods makes his Augusta return, while Manchester City could set a Premier League record

Sporting history could be made this weekend

By Stuart Stone

Tiger Woods returns to Augusta for the first time in three years and Manchester City look to wrap up the fastest ever Premier League title against their biggest rivals.

The 'Joshua effect': licensees now average an extra £900 of revenue when showing pay-per-view boxing, according to Matchpint

Bumper bank holiday weekend of sport

By Stuart Stone

A big bank holiday weekend of sport sees British boxing history being made in Cardiff alongside the return of top-flight football across Europe.

Star turn: Robbie Savage and John Hartson will manage teams at Leicester City's King Power Stadium

Still time to enter the 2018 BT Sport Pub Cup

By Stuart Stone

This year’s BT Sport Pub Cup will offer teams the chance to step up and represent their pub at professional grounds across the UK as well as providing former Wales international Robbie Savage with a first taste of managing an 11-a-side team. Though teams...

Up for the cup: BT Sport is offering pub football teams the chance to play on Premier League pitches

BT Sport Pub Cup returns for 2018

By Stuart Stone

BT Sport has announced that its Pub Cup football tournament will return for 2018, offering teams the chance to win £5,000 and a BT Sport subscription for their local.

Trophy time: Arsene Wenger can secure the League Cup for the first time this Sunday with a win against Manchester City

Carabao and Calcutta cups up for grabs this weekend

By Stuart Stone

Both Carabao and Calcutta cups will be contested this weekend while Britain’s largest ever contingent of winter Olympians challenge for medals in the last two days of the Pyeongchang games.

Growing: popularity of American Football has increased rapidly in the UK since the first NFL London game in 2007 between the Miami Dolphins and New York Giants

Super Bowl Sunday doubles sales for GBPA nominated pub

By Stuart Stone

The Philadelphia Eagles’ win over the New England Patriots on 4 February helped set up record sales at a London pub nominated in the sports pub category at the 2017 Great British Pub Awards.

The only legal means for pubgoers in the UK to watch European football when the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League return is via a BT Sport commercial subscription.

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UEFA targets illegal streaming

By MA Editorial

UEFA granted court order to block illegal streams of UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

Sanchez swap: The deal taking Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal to Manchester United, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan going in the opposite direction, was the standout saga of the January transfer window

What sports pubs need to know about the January transfer window

By Tommy Leighton

Another transfer window closes and another batch of players wind their way to pitches new. So, which Premier League clubs have made an inspired January swoop to guarantee glory or secure safety and which have succumbed to the multi-million pound temptation...

Conversion chance: Rugby union fans make a real event of going to the pub with friends, especially when the Six Nations is taking place

Get on a winning streak: harnessing the Six Nations

By Stuart Stone

This year’s Six Nations marks the 19th instalment of the competition in its current guise after Italy joined the Five Nations in the year 2000. As a staple in the sporting calendar, how can pub owners convert the championship into profits?

Super Bowl LII: Last season's winners, the New England Patriots, will contest Super Bowl 52 against the Philadelphia Eagles

Born in the USA: how pubs can cash in on American football

By Stuart Stone

The National Football League is becoming big business on this side of the Atlantic and you don’t have to be ‘like, really smart’ to see the American game is only going to get bigger and better on these shores

Final four: the remaining teams in contention for this year's Super Bowl will be determined on Sunday night

The NFL’s final four fight to reach Super Bowl LII

By Stuart Stone

Make the most of this Sunday night’s American football action as the New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars, Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings contest divisional finals to reach this year’s 52nd Super Bowl in Minneapolis.

Record breakers: last season's FA Cup winners Arsenal have won the trophy a record 13 times

Big guns enter the FA Cup's third round

By Stuart Stone

Last season’s FA cup finalists Arsenal and Chelsea, winners and runners-up respectively, return to the competition this weekend against lower league opposition.

History made: five English teams have reached the last 16 of the Champions League

What English clubs making Champions League history means for pubs

By Stuart Stone

This season’s Champions League football group stage saw five Premier League clubs advance to the knockout stages of football’s foremost club competition – the largest contingent from any nation in the history of the Champions League.

More matches on offer: the Premier League is offering 42 more live games per season

How will new Premier League football rights deal affect pubs?

By Stuart Stone

After the Premier League issued its tender document for television rights yesterday (7 December), it has been revealed that more Saturday night and midweek football fixtures will be screened live between 2019 and 2022 with full sets of fixtures made available...

José Mourinho presents BT Sport Manager of the Month trophy

By Stuart Stone

Despite being edged out of October’s prize for Premier League bosses by rivals from Burnley, Arsenal, Tottenham and - most painfully - the blue half of Manchester, The Special One still managed to get his hands on a trophy this month – albeit briefly....

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